Julie Casson

Die Smiling (eBook, ePUB)

A Memoir. The Sorrows and Joys of a Journey to Dignitas

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A widow's moving and often funny account of her late husband's Motor Neurone Disease Deals with the experience of attending the Dignitas euthanasia clinic in Switzerland Published as the UK and France consider introducing assisted dying laws

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haythorp Books
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781914487255
• Artikelnr.: 69616423

Autorenporträt

Julie Casson is a debut author. She is a mum, grandma and great-grandma and lives in Scarborough, North Yorkshire with her beloved miniature schnauzer Bodger. Julie spent twenty-three years working in Further Education. Starting out as a teacher, her career evolved into management. She holds an MA in management from the University of York. Her career ended unexpectedly in 2007, when her husband, Nigel, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. Julie became Nigel's primary carer. Nigel's positivity, humour and pragmatism throughout his illness, and his determination to take control of his death, are the inspiration for this memoir. In 2011, she started a blog, posting light-hearted commentary on everyday existence and specific accounts of Nigel's experience, which she later developed into this book. She completed a creative writing course at the University of York. Julie is a supporter of the Motor Neurone Disease Association and member of Dignity in Dying. Her greatest wish is that Nigel's story contributes to changing the law on assisted dying in the UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Looking Back 3
2. Death’s Calling Card 6
3. Brenda and Methuselah 15
4. Tests, Tests and More Tests 23
5. The End of ‘Normal.’ 32
6. Life with MND Begins 44
7. Breaking the News 53
8. The Wailing Weeks 67
9. Spain 81
10. The Bucket List 85
11. Where Hope Dies 91
12. Not Ready for This 98
13. Our Spanish Love Affair 103
14. Two Steps Ahead 112
15. MND Declares War 122
16. Don’t Forget Me 126
17. Cost More Than our First House 132
18. Starting to Die 137
19. 22 July 2011 147
20. Every Day is a Bonus 157
21. Don’t Laugh at my Cock 164
22. Toileting Matters 179
23. When the Laughter Stops 191
24. It’s All About Control 203
25. Apply to Die 210
26. The Provisional Green Light 226
27. Last Christmas 238
28. The Recce 247
29. Appointment with Death 264
30. Twenty-five Days Left to Live 283
31. The Goodbyes 295
32. The Hotel and the Doctor 303
33. One More Day 314
34. Nigel’s Cure 328
35. Nigel’s Last Goodbye 345
Acknowledgements 356